Identificación histórica, geográfica y cultural en la elaboración de dulces tradicionales de Valledupar: un acercamiento para su conocimiento técnico

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Cómo citar este artículo: Castilla F, Quintero JC, Vernot D, Sotelo I. Identificación histórica, geográfica y cultural en la elaboración de dulces tradicionales de Valledupar: un acercamiento para su conocimiento técnico. ResumenAntecedentes: en la Región Caribe colombiana, los dulces han tenido una larga tradición de producción, consumo e importancia, es por eso que ya hacen parte de la identidad de los locales y de todo el país. Siempre que se evoca la gastronomía del caribe colombiano, en especial la de Valledupar, los dulces aparecen como primera opción en la lista de postres típicos. Reflexión: la diversidad cultural que caracteriza las regiones colombianas se refleja claramente en su gastronomía, en la que los dulces tradicionales se consumen como ese "bocadito dulce que acompaña el almuerzo", pero, más que estar presentes en nuestras mesas en el acto de comer, los dulces en un solo bocado evocan historia, geografía, religión, tradición, técnica, cultura, sabores y saberes; por lo que, con este trabajo, se busca realizar un acercamiento a estos aspectos para luego caracterizar los dulces según materia prima, forma de elaboración y consistencia, haciendo mediciones de algunas de sus propiedades organolépticas como pH y concentración de sólidos (°Brix). Conclusiones: todo lo anterior ha permitido entender que la cocina dulce de Valledupar funciona como un ejemplo emblemático para exaltar las complejidades tanto culturales como técnicas que hacen parte de las cocinas en Colombia. AbstractBackground: In the Colombian Caribbean region, candies have had a long tradition of production, consumption and importance, thus contributing to the identity of the locals and the entire country. As such, when Colombian Caribbean gastronomy is evoked, especially that of Valledupar, candies appear at the top of the list of typical desserts. Reflection: The cultural diversity that characterizes the Colombian regions is reflected in its gastronomy, where traditional candies such as "bocadito dulce que acompaña el almuerzo " are consumed, but more than being present at our tables, candies evoke, in a single bite, the history, geography, religion, tradition, technique, culture, tastes and knowledge of the area. This paper seeks to address these aspects and then characterize the candies according to their raw material, form of preparation, and consistency, and measuring various organoleptic properties such as pH and concentration of solids (°Brix). Conclusion: This study has contributed to the understanding that the Valledupar´s sweet cuisine functions as an emblematic example of both cultural and technical complexities that are part of Colombian cuisines. DP analysis is a tool that can be used for formulating dietary recommendations based on food culture.

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“…In the Republic of Colombia, the Caribbean region, made up mainly of the departments of Cesar, La Guajira, and Magdalena, has a cultural richness that characterizes it, its gastronomy [1], their different oral traditions [2], and its musical genres, and it gives this area of the country a distinction that identifies it both nationally and internationally. Part of this seal is configured by the so-called vallenata culture, a symbiosis of traditions of the indigenous people, black Africans, and Spaniards that converged in the land of Magdalena Grande and who were accompanied with instruments, narrating their daily experiences and giving birth to the traditional vallenata music, which has been considered a reference in the forging of the cultural identity of the Colombian Caribbean [3] to such an extent that the Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez says that it was precisely the artistic and literary richness of the vallenato songs he heard in his native Aracataca that inspired him to tell stories through his writings.…”